Another major phone brand signals incoming massive price hikes

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PhoneArena
PhoneArena
Phonearena team
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• 1mo ago

Another day, another smartphone price hike. Ever-rising component prices are forcing smartphone manufacturers to raise the prices of their products, and now, after Apple, Google, and Samsung have done it, another big smartphone brand is following suit: Huawei. Huawei announces massive price hikes for its newest smartphone models Huawei's boss, Richard Yu, spoke before Chinese media, telling our colleagues that the expected price hikes will be "moderate". However, the price of the recently...

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ECPirate37
ECPirate37
Arena Master
• 1mo ago

I really want to see camera tests for the phone by itself, compared to the phone with the dedicated camera. I do think that concept is BRILLIANT. I hope other companies copy it. I believe that's silly to spend another $900 for it though. I mean, although I'm a Canon guy, the Panasonic Lumix ZS99 is $700 and has 24mm to 720mm zoom. I'm not sure if this would be better or worse than that, but if I have to carry something so big, I want it to be the best. For my Vivo, the 400mm lens is rather easy to travel with. So I'd like something like that, but if this is TIP TOP performance.... take my money!

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo agoedited

Imagine paying more for a DOA outside of China phone that has no access to Google Play Services or the Play Store meaning limited access to popular apps and services. Huawei is in no position to charge more for less.

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

Imagine calling anything a "DOA outside of China phone" and saying that "Huawei is in no position to charge more for less" when you use a DOA even in its home country phone that is known for being a Forever Beta and Buggy mess that can't even sell more phones than what you claim is a "DOA outside of China phone".


At least Huawei is still innovating and helping to push the smartphone forward, while what you use has downgraded hardware, doesn't sell well to begin with, thinks innovation is a flashing lights on the back of the phone, and the audacity of a higher price tag.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

Complaining about other platforms, like the Pixels which has NOTHING to do with the article, while stanning and swallowing a massive $200 price hike on a DOA phone that still requires third-party workarounds just to run a basic, limited app store is peak delusion. Keep cheering for a domestic price-gouging machine that charges nearly $1,500 for a hardware-locked paperweight while pretending an ecosystem running on duct tape and side-loaded band-aids is leading the industry. Basically a temu iPhone without the functionality. 😏

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

Complaining about other platforms like Huawei's, which you've never used before, while being a hypocrite because you always bring up Huawei on Pixel articles when Huawei has NOTHING to do with those articles, while also stanning and swallowing a massive $100 price hike on a DOA Buggy and Beta phone that has downgraded hardware specs, no innovation, and yet still requires shady workarounds just to run basic functionalities is peak delusion. Keep cheering for a domestic price-gouging machine that charges too much for downgraded hardware, crappy software and is basically a paperweight due to the massive amount of bugs, while pretending an ecosystem which is actually running on duct tape and side-loaded band-aids. A temu iPhone without any functionality is better than what your preferred OEM offers. 😏

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo agoedited

🤣 Boy someone is BIG mad looking like 😡😠😤😡 just because I voiced my opinion with documented facts in an OPEN FORUM.

A. Just to get the elephant out of the room, despite what the bitter Huawei evangelist says down 👇, I don't have the Pixel 11 series and don't plan on getting it because my current Pro is working well enough for me. The Pro I actually own and can legitimately talk about.

B. Individual in question was recently asked to point out the bugs and glitches they encountered, and they ran like the 🐔💩 they are.

C. Why would I use something that's fundamentally crippled outside of China with virtually no support, no access to popular apps, no access to secure Play Services to log into my banking and investment accounts and apps with significant amounts of money involved. 😏 And that's not even factoring the lack of carrier adaptability. Newsflash 🤡, not everyone has or wants access to T-Mobile.

D. Let's not kid ourselves. You ALWAYS mention Pixels in unrelated articles and try to justify it with poor argument support with asinine nonsense like "anecdotal evidence" and the usual tripe you always spew. You would know because your own family member you sold out called you out on it. 😏

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Mr_Tech
Mr_Tech
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago

😂😂 Kamal and BW back at it again. The comments section of Huawei articles never fails to entertain me.

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

🤣 The 🧟 is BIG mad looking like this - - - - ->😡😠😤😡, and all because I voiced my opinion with documented facts in an OPEN FORUM.


A. Just to get the elephant out of the room, despite what the bitter Pixel evangelist says down 👇🏾, she doesn't own a Pixel 11 series phone, nor does she plan on getting one because it is utter 🗑️... it's a downgrade, and is just as beta & buggy as the Pixel 10 series before it. I can say that Pixels are Buggy and Beta because I've owned several of them in the past, starting with the Pixel 4 series, unlike 🧟 that has never owned a HarmonyOS powered device in her life.


B. Individual in question was recently asked to point out their experience with recent Huawei devices, and they ran like the 🐔💩 that they are.


C. 🧟 had just admitted to never owning or using a Huawei device running on HarmonyOS, and has therefore admitted that she's been talking out of her ssa about Huawei, because she admittedly has no experience with HarmonyOS powered devices. She doesn't know that they aren't crippled outside of China, they do have support, they do have access to popular apps, and don't need Play Services to be able to securely log into banking and investment accounts and apps. And let's be real: No one that has any accounts on it significant amounts of money in them is going to be bragging about it to people you don't even know on a tech site. That's childish BS and immaturity at it's finest, and pure faking of the funk. She also admittedly doesn't know that Huawei devices don't lack carrier adaptability, as they are in more placed around the world than her Pixies are. Newsflash 🤡, Huawei devices are GSM, have global network compatibility with their recent releases, and have access to more than just T-Mobile.


D. Let's not kid ourselves. You ALWAYS mention Huawei devices on unrelated articles and try to justify it with poor argument support with asinine nonsense like "opinionated", and being the "OPEN FORUM" Karen. You know, the usual tripe you always spew. What I'm saying is facts because someone claimed to respect also exposed your lack of knowledge and experience with HarmonyOS devices when they called you out on it. 😏

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WrldsGr8tstDetective
WrldsGr8tstDetective
Arena Apprentice
• 1mo ago

Mxyzptlk aka Karen is back at it again instigating confrontations with MG. At least MG speaks from experience, while Mxyzptlk has admitted to not even having experience with both Pixel 11 series smartphones or Huawei HarmonyOS smartphones.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 1mo ago

Ranting like an unhinged, petulant forum Karen and pasting conspiracy fanfiction about who owns what doesn't mask the glaring reality: you are spending your life defending a domestic-only, carrier-limited, sideload-dependent hardware ecosystem that the rest of the world has completely moved past despite what you believe like the Huawei zealot you are.

Keep crying into your keyboard, acting like an unpaid regional PR rep for a walled garden that requires third-party duct tape just to run basic apps. If screaming 'fake news' at basic market math helps you sleep at night while paying $1,500 for a phone that needs an instruction manual just to bypass its own exile, go right ahead. The rest of the tech world will be over here using globally standardized platforms that don't need a chaperone. Continue to look big mad 😡😠😤😡 while hiding behind another proxy.

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